Geoplanoidea
Superfamily of flatworms
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Geoplanoidea is a superfamily of freshwater and land triclads that comprises the species of the Geoplanidae and the Dugesiidae families.
| Geoplanoidea | |
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| Obama burmeisteri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Suborder: | Continenticola |
| Superfamily: | Geoplanoidea Stimpson, 1857 |
| Families[1] | |
Dugesiidae and Geoplanidae share a duplication of the cluster that codifies for the 18S ribosomal RNA.[2]
Phylogeny
Phylogenetic supertree after Sluys et al., 2009:[1]
